CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The person found dead in Cleveland's Glenville neighborhood Monday evening died of a drug overdose, police said.

The person, whose identity andgenderwere not immediatelyprovided by authorities, was found dead in a vacant lot from a fatal heroin overdose on East 105th Street, police said.

This story is developing and will be updated if information becomes available Monday.

Ohio has been hit hard with the opioid crisis as overdoses continue to climb throughout the region and United States.

Cuyahoga County reported a record 666 drug overdose deaths in 2016, with many caused by heroin and fentanyl. Officials also see no end in sight and are projecting overdose deaths to hit approximately 775 in 2017.